His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

All the guards that were assigned to Lillian were gathered in a row, their heads lowered to the ground as their hands clung to each other on their crotch area.Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.

They looked anxious, no doubts! So, they tried to hide it by all means. It was futile to reveal how scared they felt, even though the atmosphere alone was tense.

Bella was seen pacing to and fro in front of them, she ran her hand over her hair at intervals.

“Have you searched everywhere in the vicinity?” She asked as she finally stopped pacing after a long while.

Her question seemed off, even to her because she knew they’ve searched everywhere in the area but didn’t find anything that could help.

“Yes.” One of the guards replied with a low tone. He was already nervous ahead, for the worst was yet to come from their boss. “It’s obvious she’d been kidnapped.” He added, but this only frustrated Bella.

“Oh goodness!” She groaned out as she started pacing around again.

She had gone to the hospital to join Lillian as planned, but they claimed to have not caught a glimpse of Lillian all through that day.

At first, she thought it was just an inconvenient delay, but after hours of waiting, she finally went home after several attempts to reach Lillian, but it was futile.

Only for her to get home, she heard the news of what happened to the guards on the road. To make matters worst, none of Lillian’s things were missing, just she and the maid, meaning Lillian had been the target.

Shortly, Don came rushing into the living room, and that was when Bella stopped pacing to turn to him. He didn’t hesitate to ask, “What were you saying on the phone?”

“It’s exactly what I told you, Lillian has been kidnapped!” Bella replied, fear and worry laced in her tone.

Don glanced at the guards as he took a few steps forward. “I thought you all knew your duty?” He asked with a hardened voice.

He had still been in the burial ceremony when Bella called to inform him about the misfortune that occurred, so he came rushing down after that.

All the guards, except the ones he just came in with, fell on their knees immediately, still with their heads lowered.

“We were following her as instructed but on our way, we all began to fall asleep one after the other and by the time we had woken up, she and the maid were nowhere to be seen. It was just her car and her purse inside.” One of the guards, who finally mustered courage, uttered.

The guards felt ashamed to know that they couldn’t even protect their boss’s wife and now, they didn’t know what would become of their fate.

“What should we do, Don?” Bella asked, but he didn’t say a word.

Silence ensued all over the place as Don thought of the possibilities of Lillian’s kidnap, including those he thought might be responsible.

Brandon was certainly out of the list because he was already sent away from America by the organization.

A sigh escaped Don’s lips, then he raised his gaze back to the guards in front of him, “You said you fell asleep while driving, did you all take something before leaving the house?”

All the guards began to glance at each other before the one that had spoken earlier replied, “Yes. We had food and water before leaving.”

‘That was it! The plan of the enemies definitely began from this mansion’ Don thought to himself.

He shot Rex a glance, “Assemble all the maids here immediately.”

“Yes boss.” He left immediately.

Just then, the telephone in the house began to ring, and they all glanced at it. That was strange because who could’ve been calling through the telephone?

Draco went to answer it immediately and for a while, he didn’t say much until he dropped the telephone.

He returned to the main living room to meet the rest, “A woman just called to say the maid has been found unconscious by the seaside..”

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At the far end of a room was a medium-sized bed, and on the bed was Lillian. She was still laying there unconscious, but just as if she were being chased in the dream, she stirred up immediately.

Memories from when she was kidnapped came flooding her head as she glanced at the room, it didn’t look familiar at all.

A tear rolled down her eye when she remembered Mark’s look and his cruel act towards her.

She felt angry at herself and hurt to know Mark instigated a second kidnap against her, not concerned about the history they shared together during their childhood days.

If only she didn’t have a crush on him for a long time… “Then it would still change nothing!” Her subconsciousness yelled at her.

She shot a glance at the door and sniffled as she wiped off the tiny teardrops that had fallen from her eyes. It would be fruitless to walk to the door because she was certain the door was locked. Besides, her body was still acting up, that she felt she would collapse soon.

Soon, she heard noises outside, more like someone was unlocking the door. She managed to stand up from the bed as she awaited the person.

A look of disappointment crawled to her face when the door flung open. She was expecting to see Mark, but there, standing in front of her, was another man who looked older than Mark.

At first, she thought he was just one of those guards who accompanied Mark, but when the door closed and a few guards stood near that man, she sensed something different.

His aura was quite different from the others, even his dressing displayed authority.

“Who are you?” She was forced to ask.

Pablo’s once stony expression got replaced with a smile as he took a few steps forward. “You look no different from her.” He mumbled, staring into her face admiringly.

Lillian became uncomfortable and subconsciously took two steps backward.

“Who are you?” She repeated with fear evident in her eyes.

“Finally, I get to meet you in person and no longer in hiding.” He ignored her once again, still with the smile plastered on his face.